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Washington, Jul 19: The US has expressed concern over Indo-China border stand-off in the Sikkim Sector and urged both countries to work together to try to come up with some sort of arrangement for peace. "I know that the US is concerned about the ongoing situation there," State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert told reporters at her daily news conference. She was responding to questions on

Bengaluru, Jul 18: Soon after the state government shunted out senior prison officials, six photographs of five rooms claimed to have been given to jailed AIADMK (Amma) leader V K Sasikala on the first floor of the women’s barrack in the Bengaluru Central Prisons at Parappana Agrahara, were leaked to the media on Monday. According to prison sources, all the five rooms, with curtains for hiding the

New Delhi, Jul 18: An angry BSP supremo Mayawati on Tuesday said she will quit from the Rajya Sabha after the Chair asked her to restrict her impromptu speech on anti-Dalit violence in Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh. “I will resign from Rajya Sabha today,” a visibly anguished Mayawati shot back when Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien asked her to wrap up her speech as she had exceeded the three minutes

New Delhi, Jul 18: Textiles Minister Smriti Irani was today given the additional charge of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry after M Venkaiah Naidu resigned from the Cabinet to contest the vice-presidential poll. The portfolio of urban development, which too was with Naidu, was given to Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, the PMO said. The BJP had yesterday

New Delhi, Jul 19: An Army jawan killed a Major in a fit of rage after the latter pulled him up for using a cellphone on duty at a forward post near the Line of Control in J&K on Monday. Naik Kathi Resan (19 Madras) and Major Shikar Thapa of 71 Armoured Regiment — both were deployed at a Rashtriya Rifles unit in Uri sector — had a heated argument at 9.45pm after Thapa spotted his junior using the

Chennai, Jul 18: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sought the support of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami for the NDA's vice-presidential candidate M Venkaiah Naidu. The prime minister spoke to Palaniswami, who leads the Amma faction of the ruling AIADMK, over the phone and thanked him for supporting the NDA's presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind, an official release issued here late last

New Delhi, Jul 17: Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu has been named the vice-presidential candidate of the ruling NDA coalition. The BJP Parliamentary Board took the decision on Monday evening at a meeting attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "BJP Parliamentary Board unanimously chose Venkaiah Naidu as our vice-presidential candidate and all NDA allies have welcomed this decision. He has also

New Delhi, Jul 17: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday filed its first status report in a sealed cover at the Delhi High Court over Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Najeeb Ahmad's missing case after the crime branch of the Delhi Police failed to trace the student. The CBI argued that it?s been merely a month since the case has been transferred to them and they require more

Jammu, Jul 17: A five-year-old girl and a soldier were killed in heavy Pakistan firing along the line of control in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, forcing India to warn the neighbouring country it reserved the right to hit back. The intense shelling of Indian posts and villages in Rajouri and Poonch districts also left a soldier and woman battling for life as the director generals of military

New Delhi, Jul 17: As voting to elect India's next president got underway today, the BJP exuded confidence that its candidate Ram Nath Kovind would win with a "comfortable" margin while the opposition CPI(M) asked the electoral college to vote thoughtfully and uphold the Constitution. Kovind, the former Bihar governor, is contesting against the opposition's joint candidate and former Lok Sabha